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Eredar Guide | Shadow Demon Guide, Strategy & Build

Eredar the Shadow Demon Guide, Strategy & Build. Eredar is a help for the Intelligence heroes on the Scourge. This post will provide you with the Shadow Demon Skill Description, the Eredar Guide, the Shadow Demon Strategy, Eredar Item Build and Eredar the Shadow Demon Skill Build.

Long before the war of the Scourge and the Sentinel, an ancient demon named Eredar waged war on all creation. No champion of Light could match him, but he was betrayed and killed by his own underlings. However, the faintest sliver of his shadow survived; over the millenia Eredar regained a portion of his former being and grows stronger each day, but in a twist of fate his new form was that of a gnoll. Eredar's new form is not well suited to direct confrontation, but he knows a number of objurations and tricks to deal with his foes; his skills include banishment, poison, curses, and darker demonic arts.

Eredar banishes the target to a dimensional pocket for 2.5 seconds, removing it from play for the duration. Upon return two images of the target are created under Eredar's control which last for 6 seconds.

Useful skill for confuse the enemies, start a gank, avoid skill like Epicenter and projectile like stun of Venge and skeleton king. Even for chasing enemies, just treat it as Eul :)

Soul Catcher

Eredar lays a curse on an area; one random enemy unit in the area is afflicted with the curse, causing it to take increased damage for 12 seconds.

Damage Amplification: 20/30/40/50%
AOE of Spell: 500

Cast Range: 600
Manacost: 50
Cooldown: 13

Similar to Chen Penitence, but with random target. If the enemy is alone, a sure hit is guaranteed. Cheap mana cost but a little useless if there's a lot of creeps.

Shadow Poison

Eredar casts forth a shadowy poison which deals 50 damage and afflicts all it touches for 10 seconds. If a unit is affected again in this duration, the toxin will be renewed and amplified exponentially. At the end of the duration, the shadow poison deals extra damage for each time it affected the victim. You have small vision over affected heroes.

Each stack increases the damage it would deal exponentially, up to 4 stacks.

Note: This has a sub ability to let you release the poison at any time.

This is what makes Eredar so scary. This skill is similar to Bristleback Quill Spray, it will stack the damage and you can released for instant damage. You can even stack the damage until 2000 if the enemy didn't know what happen with him.

Demonic Purge

Eredar casts a powerful demonic purge on a target enemy, removing all positive buffs. The purged target slowly regains its movement speed over 4 seconds. At the end of the purge the target takes damage.

Damage: 200/300/400

Cooldown: 50
Manacost: 200

Just a regular Purge but with damage at the end of duration. Nothing special here.

Here is my initial skill build for Eredar the Shadow Demon. Take Disruption first to help you safe from level 1 first blood attempt. But if you feel confident, feel free to take Shadow Poison first. Shadow Poison without a doubt is maxed first because it's your main weapon. With it, you can take a hold from two enemies alone.

Soul Catcher will your next skill. The damage amplification is really great, especially if you catch them alone. Demonic Purge without a doubt is always taken due to targetable damage and the Purge. And the last skill to maximize is the Disruption. Disruption will come handy on the late game when heroes already got their items and the attack damage is high. Until then, one level is as a tool for chasing and escaping.

Empty Bottle - fast mana regen for spell spammer like eredar and HP regen for survivability on early game

Power Treads - More damage, more HP or Mana, and more AS for fast killing. My recommended boots.

Arcane Boots - An alternative for Treads. It only provide you with mana and mana replenisher which already provided by Magic Wand and Empty Bottle. Choose this boots if you want to all out supporter.

Mekanism - When you want to be supporter hero you should get this. Its Aoe HP restore and additional armor are really helpful when the team clashes.

Necronomicon - Used to add your mana and EHP. Its Demonic Summoning is really hard to use. But if you can manage to control them, they must be very annoying to other team.

Ancient Janggo of Endurance - It has aura of AS and MS. Sure can effect your illusions of your Disruption and your allies as well. Consider to buy necronomicon because you can use it to boost up your Demonic Summoning.

Force Staff - Its a very useful when you know how to use it. For Eredar it can be used to land your soul catcher more accurately cause it can Force enemy to go out from bunch of creeps.

Eredar the Shadow Demon Strategy
You can pick this hero if your team needs anti-carry. Later He also can be a semi-carry or support hero.

You need to be supported by:
- Disabler:
If you want to stack your Shadow poison more accurately, ask their help.

Beware of his counter:
- Manaburner:
Make Eredar hard to cast his skills (anub'arak, medusa)
- Silencer:
No Disruption or Demonic Purge means no escape meka (lucifer, silencer)
- Magic-immune caster:
Resistant to all your skills (jaggernaut, Slark)
- Dps hero:
Once you caught unguarded by this kind of hero, especially when they have silence skill, youre deadmeat (Traxex, Stygwyr)
- Invulnerable caster:
When they cast on the right timing, your shadow poison and demonic purge damage will be screwed (morphling, puck)
- Hero with illusions and friends:
It's rather hard to kill them due to their skills. Illusions make you confuse to target the real one and hero's mate will screw you cause your skill only effective when theres only 1 hero targeted (Slytice, Nessaj, Syllabear, Meepo)

Playstyle

It's recomended to choose solo lane than dual lane, because eredar's skill will be more effective when it comes to 1 on 1 battle. So you can start buying items and move to your lane. On early level, play safe until you get lvl 2 Shadow Poison. Time to harass the opponent. Throw Shadow Poison on him and keep throwing whenever you get the chance, while you last hitting and denying creeps. When your Shadow Poison get the 4th stack, release the poison. It will make him hurt enough to backs off or even back to his fountain if his healing tool is depleted. Try to dominate the lane and get your level higher than your opponent.
If you get behind and the only option is dual-laning, be a babysitter and support your partner. It's rather hard to get the damage of shadow poison maximized because you face 2 hero at a time. Still you have to dominate the lane if you want to win this phase of the game.
When you get some level on you (lvl 6+), you can start to kill your enemy. Throw Shadow poison 2 times on same target. Use Disruption on him. Move forward to get a better vision. Throw Shadow poison again when he gets back. Follow with Demonic Purge and some normal attack. Shadow poisoning him again and when the Demonic Purge effect finishes, cast to release your Shadow poison. It will hurt him badly or even kill him. Ofcourse your teammate aid is always welcomed for better result.

You are made of glass, so better not wander around alone during mid game where ganks always happen. Keep safe while farming and stick your eyes to the map. You can try ganking, but always remember to do it with your friends for better efficiency. Gank your enemies by using disruption on an unguarded hero. Then let your partner take apart with their skills when he gets back. Demonic Purge to disable him.
Between ganks you should farm the lane to get more experience and gold by last hitting every creep as much as possible.
As a supporter, you can help your carry hero to gank the enemies using Disruption and Demonic Purge or even save her ass when she get ganked. Remember that Disruption's role same as Eul's.

Late game will change your role as semi-carry to anti-carry. Using Disruption which spawns 2 illusions of the strong enemy's late-carry hero should be a pain in their asses. Soul Catcher's damage amplification will make your team kill him faster. If there is a hero who manage to survive use Demonic Purge to disable him.
Still, you can be a supporter to your team by gives vision to some suspected places which the other team wander around before the team clashes begin. By doing this, your team will be more confident to land their combos and increase the probability of winning every battle.

Dagon(lvl 1-5)*Travel*RingOfBassilius(EarlyGameItem)Magic Stick(EarlyGameItem)IronWoodBranchx3(EarlyGameItemMagicWand(MidGameItem)Kelen Dagger*Shiva'sGuard*Force Staff*(optional used to escape and attack combo with dagger)Radiance*

those in "*" are the late game items..

Strategy:-surprise attack(with complete item build)use dagger and blink beside the enemy hero use shiva's guard rushly use the last skill on enemy hero then use 2nd skill then u can choose between shooting 4x ur 3rd skill then wait til he dies... or use Dagon and finish him.. or u can use force staff push him to the allies side then start hitting him... til he goes boom..

-surprise attack(earlygame)harrass the enemy by spamming ur 2nd skill till u can see his life bar 75% or 60% then choose..use ur first skill on the enemy that will make him uhhh lets say stunned?? for a while and ready ur post beside him.. ready ur 2nd skill and last skill.. once he comes out use 2nd then last spam 3rd skill.. or.. u can just use ur last skill then spam 3rd skill while he is running he will die eventually xD

Noobs.. x)Killer type spammer..Game starts..Clarity Potions Tango and a chick..Spam..First Blood comes..Vanguard then Mecanism and the short game ends..For long game? I would go for the Linken then whatever you like Dagon or Shiva or anything would do at this moment of time.. x) base on my experience.. GG kids..

All of you noobs suggest that he buys a vanguard.No. wtf. Save your disruption. save yourself with it.Don't be a noob and go anywhere alone. have someone there with you. this is DotA. not "Teehee-I'm-gonna-rambo-in-an-all-mid-push-and-kill-myself".

definitely he's one of the early game killers... but this hero really depends on your item build when it comes in late games.... i suggest guinsoo for tanks and blink for quick escapes, since this hero has low armor.. welll thats it... but i love this hero... definitely the strongest of the four....

this hero super imba when early game. keep using 3rd skill to harass. but then u also got to farm. if not u will die at mid game or even late game. when starting, but 2 mantle and 1 gaunlets and branchwood and healing salve. this will help. really, ur mana really cant use finish unless u dun know how to use the skill and anyhow spam.

Noobs! he is not imba. He could only spam his skill in early game since in late game he has low hp and requires him to gank. (can't gank if you comes in the clash first so there will be no time to spam his skills) hahaha!! Area stun, hex and silence makes this one useless since a lot of late game heroes can kill this guy in seconds during late game.

To the counter sven, arachnia,ursa guy, do you play dota?? No, seriously, lots of heroes can counter those three like Barathrum, Medusa, Slark, Diffusal blade and for god sake even an early game Alchemist could pawn them. Maybe you need to go out and fight some strong players.. :P

I think there will be just an adjust to his 3rd skill cooldown and that's all. IMO Gyrocopter is more imba.

I wanted to let everyone know that there was a shadow demon bug with centaur. I had blink dag on centuar, blinked in and hoof stomped a teammate. I was about to double edge kill someone as shadow demon sends me into a rift just as I am double edge'n the guy. After 2.5 seconds I come back and I can't stop the action. My hero will do nothing but chase the guy and the icon has double edge selected, so I keep chasing the player I was going to double edge kill until he makes me run into the fountain and die.

i think the cooldown should stay as it is, since there's a 10 sec auto release. but, mayb the travel range or travel speed of the skill shud lower. the range is a bit far... he could just stand all the way back and keep casting with enuf regen

god you moaning wretches... "Oh hes imba... nerf him! nerf him!" The people saying this, are most likely the ones who while your repeatedly casting shadow poison on them, stand their and let you... Yeah... doin that, you gonna die... if u keep a close eye then at rage it ain't that hard to dodge.

IF YOU'RE PRO, YOU MUST AGREE TO ME.. EREDAR SECOND SKILL IS A BIG CHEAT AND UNFAIR... 50 PERCENT AMPLIFY ??? THATS TOO MUCH. this is one of my favorite hero because its too imba!!! I build it with lothars and dagon level 5. guess what... i can kill a hero for 5 secs..

compute it...

SS (4oo) + dagon(800) = 1200 amplify it before dagon = 1200 + 1200(.5) = 1800 AND BECAUSE IT AMPLIFY. NORMAL DAMAGE CAN ALSO BE INCREASE TOO MUCH ADD ALSO THE TOTAL TEAM DAMAGE.. DAMAGE CAN BE MORE THAN 3000 AND MORE!! EVEN YOUR HERO HP IS 5000 YOUR DEAD..

AND AMPLIFY SKILL IS RANDOM UNIT??! I'M PRO AND I CAST AMPLIFY TO AN AREA WHERE THERE'S NO CRIP AND ONLY MY TARGET. THIS HERO IS SUCK AND SECOND SKILL MUST BE REMOVE.. I DONT USE THIRD SKILL BECAUSE ITS USELESS. EVEN ITS MY FAVORITE, ITS UNFAIR.

(Anonymous said...All of you noobs suggest that he buys a vanguard.No. wtf. Save your disruption. save yourself with it.Don't be a noob and go anywhere alone. have someone there with you. this is DotA. not "Teehee-I'm-gonna-rambo-in-an-all-mid-push-and-kill-myself".July 31, 2010 6:02 AM)Noobs..?are you crazy or just plain stupiD? vanguard is ideal to this hero..i played this guy with a vandguard and i always managed to escapeitems:Vanguardtreads (0r arcane)skadidagon(very needed)cuirass(since he has low armor)and either refresher or linken

if you use refresher... the combo is soul catcher+disruption+ purge+ dagon+ refresher+ disruption+soul cather+purge + dagon

i prefer to use this combo :> be sure to stacking your enemy with Shadow poison first, if your skill is max lvl, stack up to 4 is more than enough...>catch your targeted enemy with disruption..>after the enemy released from its disrupt, quickly use the Demonic purge..>if its empty enough use your soul catcher... or if you can see an empty spot to use this skill..>just hit your enemy.... and then wait and see your enemy HP to finish it with Your shadow poison release.(note: if your on by 1 with your enemy)

items:1- any boot2- linken/ deso3- hart4- dagon "1-5"5- shiva / maybe AC for armor and AS bost "shiva better for mana bost"6- gynsoo for "mana pool"if u have them you are a "godlike" you can get HoD and bkb if there are alot spil casters aginst you :-)

when we are playing and i was first blood my friends always joking me but as i was able to shadow demon discovered i always won because i really like the skill he had the ability that really afraid of your opponent..

When you are fighting you should know the true capabilities of shadow demon must first use his 3rd skill disposal of poison and cumulative lodging pat especially not knowing the adversary to specify what happens to himthen use his 1st skill you can also use his second skill to eventually end with him when you know he went to. use your last kill for lodging and beat your opponent.

all of you who said that eredar is weak hero - MEGA NOOB... with him i can kill pudge, slardar, bristle, leviat, and every tank (or not tank) hero for 10 seconds. you only must timely use ult. when enemy hero attaks you. then use shadow poison then disruption finally use dagon and enemy will die LIKE A SHIT!! -.-

This is how it should be..... you MUST MAX ur Disruption and Soul Catcher until lvl6 where you can get ur Purge.. then After you Max those skills... get some Attribute Boost.. DO NOT GET ANY LEVEL OF UR SHADOW POSOIN.. IT SUCKS!! USELESS SKILL!! TRUST ME!! well the item build? uhmmm.... Power Treads, Malevolence, Dagon, Guinsoo, Eye of Skadi, Assualt Cuirrass/ Chain Lightning (the last item is just for being a hitter/killer/carry)

there are 2 kind of eredar playstyle but i personally think this hero is anti-ranged heroes as disruption works better with ranged heroes,not to mention ranged heroes usually have smaller hp.if u laning w/ ranged heroes u should max out disrup and poison 1st bcos if the enemies r pro ,they will stick to creep as it "can" save them from soulcatcher. in early game, poison is easier as they stick in the lane (usually). disruption should max out first as it will make the images have more damage and last longer (from lv 1 3s to 6s lv4)and also because ilusion only have damage from stats and its increase (also item), not from raw damage (item).for example: DROW ranger which ulti make her +agi and her aurait will make her disruption get all damage and aura (but only 60% each), but if drow use MKB, the illusion will not have the damage from that item as it is considered raw damage item.from that build u could kill ranged enemy when u gets to lv6 with just:use poison(lv2) as it will provide vision as u go closer to him/heruse disruption (lv3), calculate the timing when he/she appear anduse shadow for second timeuse ur ulti(lv1), whack and one more poison, usually ranged heroes will dieit all cost: 50+120+50+200+50=470 mana, even though sometimes if u harras them earlier only 2 poison are used, which means 370 mana

IF u laning with melee, which usually have thicker hp, soulcatcher is sometimes easier to use,depending how u juggle them in lane (hit run provoke), therefore u can use shadow poison and soulcatcher maxed out first,but still u need one distuption.why not maxed distuption 1st? hit animation usually leave the illusion behind when the enemy are not engaging but running away, not so efficient like when used to ranged heroes.even though it is still hard to kill melee heroes.

why shadow poison is useful?creeeeeeping... 3 or 4 poison can kill creep early and mid gamevision....it will give vision of the enemy catched with the poisondefending...creep that get the poison will "ignore" the tower and go straight to you when there arent any of our creep and enemy creep "in a motion to go straight" pushing our tower

now for the item build:-janggo is extremely useful to illusion as they will get as and ms bonus early game -if u re harrased back by the enmy use phase,if not use arcane.why? if ur mana full at all time but cant hold bcoz of ur hp,its useless,better go back and forth to refilll both mana and hpbut if ur not harrased but u r the one who harras, arcane is good as it will give u mana to harras using poison and a chance to kill (mayb,who knows..)-dps build,use deso (+soulcatcher it is deadly)-burst damage build,use dagon (+soulcatcher,also deadly)-linken,halberd,ghoststaff,eul,is conditional depending on the enemy

ally:venge->bcos damage aura, and stun as ur ulti replacement for kill unit (but this unit also can be killed by sd,lol)-any stunner,or whatever depending on the situation

special case: laning with Anti Mageam illusion right back at am will render him useless (cant blink,no mana), but if the timing is wrong,distruption is useless.use it "only" rigth after am blink at u or away as it cooling down and he cant evade his own illusion,lol

I agree with you. first and second skill is better than the shadow poison, and for the author of these stupid idea for the skill build, DEMONIC PURGE is special man! you get purge, damage and and removing positive buffs, it is very effective to easily kill your target. just saying :)

Shadow poison not so usefull skill,but u can use this for battle royale stacks anytime they hunt u,maybe 6x or more then purge, while attacking the others then disruption the target with effects of shadow poisonpress "F" if the HP goes to 15% less ,while the others hit them in just a 5sec.or more then u have 3ple kill or dominating!...

MANTA IS A GOOD ITEM I CAST DISRUPTION ON MYSELF WHILE CHASE BY ENEMY WIHICH I AM LOW HP AND SUCCESS TO RUN AWAY WHEN I CAST MANTA AGAIN.MANTA ALSO GOOD TO AVOID TARGETED SPELL YOU WILL GET 0.89 SECOND OF INVULNERABLE WHEN MANTA SPELL ANIMATION